Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (25mm, 4.39 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1005-1025.

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Lot: 863. Estimated: $ 500

Byzantine, Gold

Sold For $ 1 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (25mm, 4.39 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1005-1025. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; in each arm of cross, floral pattern of seven pellets / Crowned half-length busts of Basil, wearing loros and being crowned from above by manus Dei, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding long cross between them. DOC 4a; SB 1800. Traces of deposits, light die rust and scratches, areas of peripheral weakness, slight double strike on reverse. Good VF.


Closing Date and Time: 23 February 2022 at 14:47:20 ET.

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